In C find position of substring in a string

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Here is a program to accept a:

  1. Sentence from a user.
  2. Word from a user.

How do I find the position of the word entered in the sentence?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
    char sntnc[50], word[50], *ptr[50];
    int pos;
    puts("\nEnter a sentence");
    gets(sntnc);
    fflush(stdin);
    puts("\nEnter a word");
    gets(word);
    fflush(stdin);
    ptr=strstr(sntnc,word);

    //how do I find out at what position the word occurs in the sentence?

    //Following is the required output
    printf("The word starts at position #%d", pos);
    return 0;
}
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6 Answers

You can use this simple strpos modification

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int strpos(char *haystack, char *needle, int offset);
int main()
{
    char *p = "Hello there all y'al, hope that you are all well";
    int pos = strpos(p, "all", 0);
    printf("First all at : %d\n", pos);
    pos = strpos(p, "all", 10);
    printf("Second all at : %d\n", pos);
}


int strpos(char *hay, char *needle, int offset)
{
   char haystack[strlen(hay)];
   strncpy(haystack, hay+offset, strlen(hay)-offset);
   char *p = strstr(haystack, needle);
   if (p)
      return p - haystack+offset;
   return -1;
}
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